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Re: West LA Train Station - Depot without tracks for 70 years
Author: Freericks
Date: 10-15-2009 - 17:45
Ken Scott Wrote:
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> Great picture. However, the rails to this station
> may have been removed but the rails to the
> Soldiers Home remained until the early to
> mid-1950's. The line came off the freight station
> tracks at the corner of Santa Monica Bvd and
> Sepulveda Bvd. After crossing Santa Monica Blvd,
> the line paralled Sepulveda Bvd north for quite a
> distance until it reached a freight shed. I use
> to see this line, but never saw a freight car on
> it. The line also had overhead wire until the
> Freight Station at Santa Monica was removed, and
> property sold for light industial useage.
Yes, that was a different line... it had a different Soldiers Home station even way back in the day, which I'm guessing was where the freight shed you remember was. Do you know where the freight shed was? I've been trying to figure out where that line would have come in. If stayed along Sepulveda, it's obleterated now of course by the 405.
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> Great picture. However, the rails to this station
> may have been removed but the rails to the
> Soldiers Home remained until the early to
> mid-1950's. The line came off the freight station
> tracks at the corner of Santa Monica Bvd and
> Sepulveda Bvd. After crossing Santa Monica Blvd,
> the line paralled Sepulveda Bvd north for quite a
> distance until it reached a freight shed. I use
> to see this line, but never saw a freight car on
> it. The line also had overhead wire until the
> Freight Station at Santa Monica was removed, and
> property sold for light industial useage.
Yes, that was a different line... it had a different Soldiers Home station even way back in the day, which I'm guessing was where the freight shed you remember was. Do you know where the freight shed was? I've been trying to figure out where that line would have come in. If stayed along Sepulveda, it's obleterated now of course by the 405.
